Falling Skies: The chaotic aftermath of an alien attack has left most of the world completely incapacitated. In the six months since the initial invasion, the few survivors have banded together outside major cities to begin the difficult task of fighting back. Each day is a test of survival as citizen soldiers work to protect the people in their care while also engaging in an insurgency campaign against the occupying alien force.

I my self have written episode like story's for rpg games and some times it is not the writers as much as what you don't see or know about. It could be that for this for example the main force has left and a skeleton crew was left to mop up and maintain. Also due to if we were invaded by an over whelming force and the aliens feel them selves superior could be why there being such a pain now. Also due to what ever politics with in the alien forces could be why no reinforcements are coming or other battles of more importance are be waged off world else were. point being you just can not see the whole picture and if we did it would not be a good. Its the unknowns the whys that make story's like this work, and they might feed bits and pieces to us as it goes on.

Apparently there is a season 1 & 2 recap, tried to watch it on the fallingskies website but clicking on the vid says it's not available in my area. I would be nice to see a recap to refresh the old brain before getting into season 3 ...Not asking, but it 'would' be nice..and relevant..

Just watched season 1. Great show. As always people want more action or complain about the premise of the show. Can't have 40 mins of non stop shooting and people will evolve after the initial attack. I love Noah's character and the way he breaks down the past and wars.
Will Patton is great as well. Excellent show. Now starting season 2

yeay, so glad it's back...great show where ET's actually look (mostly) alien, unlike some other shows out there, and I love the cast--what a powerhouse cast they have! storyline is pretty interesting--hurray for season 3!

If you thought this was your typical episodical action-packed type of series that dumbs everything down so that the audience can keep up you would be wrong, Falling skies is by far one of the most realistic, believable and relatable series of its genre, its all about deep character development and the realistic vision of the age old story of resisting against oppression, Falling skies could and should win awards for all that it has achieved so far.
Here are my Ratings,
Acting 8/10 (fantastic acting on most parts, However sometimes let down by the less experienced actors)
Plot 9/10 (not too many flaws with the plot although i wish they could have a few more twists and turns, just to play with the audiences emotions a little more)
Directing 8/10 (Very good direction for the most part however there a several points in the plot that could have been done alot better than they were)
Character development 10/10 (The character development on Falling Skies is the best i have seen in a long time, although a few more charcters would be nice i cannot mark it down because the character development that they have done has been perfect)
Special effects 7/10 (Lets face it, this is the 21st century, CGI is king and unfortuneatly Falling Skies comes up a little short until midway through season 2 although slightly above par for its budget, it could have been better, Season 3's CGI is much better and this is the only reason i rated this as high as i have)
Overall 42/50 (A good overall by any standards, This show is a definite must watch for Sci-Fi and drama fans alike)
Valkyr

With all the extended gaps in this show, it is better to just wait and watch it online commercial free.I do like the show and I have followed it from the beginning, but by the time it comes back on, I have forgotten what all happened before. I also watch The Walking Dead in which there are similarities so it is kind of hard not to lose your place.